Patient Satisfaction Up With Pharmacist-Managed Warfarin Tx

TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Pharmacist-managed warfarin anticoagulation therapy is associated with improved patient satisfaction, although the benefits in terms of control, safety, and mortality are unclear, according to a review published online Sept. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.

S. Zhou, M.Pharm., from the Peking University First Hospital in Beijing, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to compare the effectiveness of pharmacist-managed anticoagulation control of warfarin with other models. Data were included from eight randomized controlled trials with a total of 1,493 patients.